Things to Do in Los Angeles
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Body By Nii Sign
- Downtown Los Angeles
Rows of free weights stand near exercise balls and gleaming machines
The GRAMMY Museum
- Downtown Los Angeles
Learn about the past, present, and future of music at a 30,000 sq. ft. museum with hands-on exhibits and interactive performances
8-Limbs
- Silver Lake
Fashion designer Erika Ikeler teaches sewing basics that culminate in clean-seamed projects, from grocery tote bags and reversible T-shirts
Pilates & Arts
- Echo Park
Instructors lead classes in subjects from cardio boxing to tai chi inside a dedicated group fitness space known as The Branch
Los Angeles International Fencing Center
- West Los Angeles
Membership grants access to sprawling, high-ceilinged gym where group fencing classes introduce kids to foils, épées, or sabers
Velocity Sports Performance Los Angeles
- Brentwood
Group fitness programs for children, teens, and adults work on general skills such as speed, power, and core strength
A Puro Tango
- Multiple Locations
In vibrant beginner tango lessons, dancers trot through basics of rhythm, balance, leading and following, and walking steps
Pure Barre Beverly Hills
- Beverly Hills
To the tune of upbeat music, the barre classes’ small, isometric movements quickly lift and tone arms, abs, and thighs while burning fat
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Each week, the 32 lanes at Pinz sparkle beneath the strobe lights and disco balls of Shake, Rattle & Bowl. When they’re not glowing or being incubated by confused chickens, the bowling balls can be hurled by visitors and league bowlers alike, rolling swiftly past the 10-foot video screens that line the alley’s far wall. Behind the scoring table, in the VIP billiard room, plasma TVs help to ensure that guests can play pool without missing critical sports moments or any commercials starring famous cats. And in the on-site arcade, players can enjoy more than 40 games including air hockey, skee-ball, and video bowling.
The Acting Corps, a school endorsed by Oscar winner Sydney Pollack as well as Rainn Wilson of The Office, takes a modern approach to acting instruction. In classes with an average of 16 students, creativity flows unimpeded and students overhear the whispered names of Hollywood’s best agents quite clearly. Actors with MFA degrees lead programs that help acting students find an authentic style, and also pilot advanced classes with mock auditions that challenge experienced actors. Four- or six-week acting boot camps incorporate aspects of the Meisner technique and the Michael Chekhov technique. In classes engineered for international acting students, teachers elucidate methods for developing a convincing American accent or faking a convincing cheeseburger craving.
Formerly the Lingerie Football League, the Legends Football League stands as the "fastest-growing pro sports league in the nation" according to NBC Sports correspondent Rick Chandler. That success owes much to the league's unique format, which pits two exclusively female teams in alluring uniforms against each other in full-contact football games on a 50-yard field. Donning football pads and helmets over their revealing performance wear, the female athletes block, juke, and sprint uninhibited by such frivolous gear as the NFL's heavy chainmail hauberks.
With 30 years' experience choreographing fight sequences for television and film, competitive-fencing instructor Tim Weske leads Swordplay Fencing Studio's intrepid teachers in demystifying the art of the sword for students. His combat choreography sequences have touched films and TV shows as diverse as I Love You, Man and Angel, and he has safely instructed celebrities such as Natalie Portman and Brad Pitt to convincingly parry with their onscreen opponents and dual for red-carpet supremacy.
At Swordplay Fencing Studio, once-a-week group sessions or private lessons in foil, épée, and saber provide pupils with fun workouts by engaging minds with subtle strategy while burning calories, increasing agility, and building muscle tone. Afternoon and evening sessions are held Monday through Saturday to fit hectic jobs and busy mornings repainting the neighbors' lawn flamingos.
